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[[underlined header in left margin, across 3 lines]]MUSEE DE L'EMPEREUR ALEXANDRE III[[/underline]] The Musee de l'Empereur Alexandre III, which has hitherto been devoted to the exhibition of the fine arts, has just completed a large new wing for its important ethnographical collections. 
   Dr. Alexander Miller, the Curator, proved very friendly and allowed me to roam at will among the half-installed objects not yet ready for exhibition. Although the Far East [[margin, underlined]] DR. MILLER[[/margin, /underline]] is not within the province of Dr. Miller's study, he is so  much a master of ethnography in general, that I found my intercourse with him highly instructive. It may not be out of place here to pay a tribute to the wealth of the collections that are about to be stored and exhibited in this museum, and to the manner of their installation, which struck me as perhaps the most successful of any museum which I visited. 
[[margin, underlined]] KOZLOFF FIND[[/margin, /underline]] I spent many hours at the Musee de l'Empereur Alexandre III, for the purpose of studying the Kozloff (1) find of paintings and stuffs brought in 1908 and 1909 from Karakhoto, North of Karakorum in Mongolia. As this collection has not yet been published, and few if any Oriental scholars have been enabled to examine it, I was particularly anxious to see as much of the materials as possible and to form my own opinions concerning it. 
[[margin, underlined]] SIGNIFICANCE OF FINDS OUTSIDE CHINA[[/margin, /underline]] It has been lately a growing opinion in Europe that early China must be studied in the light of evidence found outside the present

[[footnote]] (1) "Materiaux pour ethnographie de la Russie" vol. II, edit. du Musee de l'Empereur Alexandre III, by Oldenburg and Ivanoff. (delayed in publication)[[/footnote]]